Support centre to ease foreign student fears
Working holiday scheme with Vietnam proposed by New Zealand government
Survey: More Chinese students considering studies abroad
New matriculation programme
Australia: Exporting education worth billions
Shoddy schools sully sector
Study Abroad - Pricey and Priceless
From where I sit: Lost boys need direction
Overseas student numbers dwindle because of attacks
Job forum here for Singapore students studying in Australia
English language schools fear new visa rules
Big hopes from little Singapore
Youngsters identify with culture
Jump in links with UK, NZ
International medical graduates could soon buy interships
International student security
Newcastle landlords rejecting overseas students
A new front
Indian assault response decried
Why are Indian students being attacked in Australia?
India calls for end to 'exploitation'
Global Education: Wooing students to Japan and China
'Hate crimes' spark global bad press
Indian student visa applications fall by half
Australia 'safe for overseas students'
New course caters for international nursing students

Support centre to ease foreign student fears
ABC News
January 28 2010
A support centre for international students has opened in Melbourne as the Victorian Government tries
to allay fears that the city is a dangerous place to study.
Full article:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/28/2804233.htm?section=australia
Working holiday scheme with Vietnam proposed by New Zealand government
New Zealand Visa Bureau
January 27 2010
The New Zealand Government will soon commence talks on a working holiday scheme for young
Vietnamese and New Zealanders to travel and work in the other country.
Full article:
http://www.visabureau.com/newzealand/news/27-01-2010/working-holiday-scheme-with-vietnamproposed-by-new-zealand-government.aspx

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Survey: More Chinese students considering studies abroad
People's Daily Online - China
January 27 2010
According to a recent report by the Information Times, China's well-known educational group, Beijing
International Education Institute (BIEI) released China's first 2010 survey report on Chinese students'
intentions to study abroad.
Full article:
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90782/90873/6880405.html
New matriculation programme
The Star - Malaysia
January 24 2010
SCHOOL-leavers seeking an internationally-recognised matriculation programme prior to university now
have the option of obtaining the New South Wales Higher School Certificate (NSW HSC) at INTI
College Subang Jaya (ICCSJ).
Full article:
http://thestar.com.my/education/story.asp?file=/2010/1/24/education/5422137&sec=education
Australia: Exporting education worth billions
University World News
January 24 2010
When the Australian economy was struck by galloping external debt and a poor export performance in
the mid-1980s, the then Labor government decided to create an export education industry it hoped
would be worth millions of dollars. A quarter of a century on, the current government claims that industry
generates A$17 billion (US$15.5 billion) for the national economy every year.
Full article:
http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=2010012309163040
Shoddy schools sully sector
The Australian
January 27 2010
A RECURRENT theme in the Senate report on the welfare of international students is criticism of the link
between education and migration. Indeed, the submission from the Department of Education,
Employment and Workplace Relations is that Australia is in the process of decoupling education and
migration.
Full article:
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/opinion-analysis/shoddy-schools-sully-sector/storye6frgcko-1225823752104

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The Wall Street Journal
January 24 2010
Patti Ristau says she was terrified when she first landed in Seville, Spain, for a semester studying
abroad.
Full article:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126428304081634289.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_sections_personalfinance
From where I sit: Lost boys need direction
The Times Higher Education Supplement - UK
January 21 2010
Australia is desperate to protect its tertiary education market and reaffirm the country's position as a
safe place for international students after a growing number of attacks on Indian students since 2008.
Full article:
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=410049&c=1
Overseas student numbers dwindle because of attacks
ABC Perth
January 20 2010
Perth's universities say interest in courses from India has dropped as a result of violent attacks on Indian
students in Melbourne.
Full article:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/20/2797344.htm?site=perth
Job forum here for Singapore students studying in Australia
AsiaOne Education News - Singapore
January 20 2010
SINGAPOREAN students studying in Australia can now attend a career forum - to be held here
regularly just for them - that will help improve their chances of getting a job here.
Full article:
http://news.asiaone.com/News/Education/Story/A1Story20100120-193030.html
English language schools fear new visa rules
The Guardian - United Kingdom
January 19 2010
Though the English Riviera may no longer be a huge draw for British holidaymakers, it is still,
nonetheless, a magnet for many foreign visitors. Every year, English language schools concentrated by
the seaside in places such as Bournemouth, Poole, Eastbourne and Brighton attract hundreds of thousands
of overseas students braving the unpredictable weather.
Full article:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/jan/19/foreign-student-visas
Big hopes from little Singapore
The New Zealand Herald
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January 19 2010
In the second of the series, immigration reporter Lincoln Tan looks at New Zealand's need for imported
skills
Full article:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10620873
Youngsters identify with culture
Howick and Pakuranga Times - New Zealand
January 19 2010
MUSLIM youth are adapting well to life in New Zealand, despite the challenges of being part of a
religious minority.
Full article:
http://www.times.co.nz/cms/news/2010/01/youngsters_identify_with_culture.php
Jump in links with UK, NZ
The Nation/Asia News Network
January 18 2010
More channels are opening for Thai students who dream of studying in an English speaking country.
The United Kingdom and New Zealand will focus this year on expanding their student exchange
programmes in many universities and secondary schools across the country.
Full article:
http://news.asiaone.com/News/Education/Story/A1Story20100118-192561.html
International medical graduates could soon buy interships
The Courier Mail - Brisbane
January 17 2010
FOREIGN medical students could soon buy training places in Queensland Health, potentially shutting out
local students, secret Government documents reveal.
Full article:
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,26595830-3102,00.html
International student security
University World News
January 17 2010
I want to take up an issue that goes to the heart of higher education, especially research universities,
around the world. It is about global mobility, especially the mobility of human subjects. It also highlights
the implications of changes in higher education for the larger world: that issue is the human security of
international students, by which I mean people who cross national borders for the purposes of formal
study.
Full article:
http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20100114185440897
Newcastle landlords rejecting overseas students
The Herald
January 16 2010
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LANDLORDS and tenants are discriminating against house-hunting overseas students in Newcastle,
making it harder for them than for Australian students to find accommodation.
Full article:
http://www.theherald.com.au/news/local/news/general/newcastle-landlords-rejecting-overseasstudents/1726515.aspx
A new front
The Star - Malaysia
January 17 2010
Private higher education institutions are urged to take risks and set up privately-run polytechnics.
PRIVATE universities and university colleges have been encouraged to establish their own polytechnics to
offer engineering and technical programmes.
Full article:
http://thestar.com.my/education/story.asp?file=/2010/1/17/education/5473382&sec=education
Indian assault response decried
The Australian
January 13 2010
AUSTRALIA is in denial on racially motivated attacks against international students and has failed to
take action to deal with the issue, an internationally respected Australian academic has told a major
conference in Switzerland.
Full article:
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/indian-assault-response-decried/story-e6frg6nf1225818580004
Why are Indian students being attacked in Australia?
BBC - United Kingdom
January 12 2010
What is happening to Indian students in Australia? Why have they been mugged, knifed, set alight, and
murdered, mostly, in Melbourne, Australia's proud multi-racial melting pot city where, according to my
colleague Nick Bryant, people from 140 nations live side-by-side?
Full article:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/soutikbiswas/2010/01/why_are_indian_students_being_att
acked_in_australi.html

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THE crisis involving Indian international students has widened with the Indian Government calling for an
end to the exploitation of students in Australia by dodgy colleges and greedy employers, on top of
increased efforts to curb violent urban attacks.
Full article:
http://www.theage.com.au/national/india-calls-for-end-to-exploitation-20100110-m0oc.html
Global Education: Wooing students to Japan and China
The New Straits Times - Malaysia
January 09 2010
Japan aims to step up its recruitment of foreign students by increasing the number of courses taught in
English, write SUZIEANA UDA NAGU and SHARIFAH ARFAH.
Full article:
http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/articles/20100109155916/Article/index_html
'Hate crimes' spark global bad press
The Age
January 08 2010
THE international fallout from the murder of Nitin Garg has spread well beyond India, with media
outlets in Asia, the Middle East, North America and Europe reporting the trouble in Australia.
Full article:
http://www.theage.com.au/national/hate-crimes-spark-global-bad-press-20100107-lwsg.html
Indian student visa applications fall by half
The Age
January 07 2010
THE number of Indians applying for visas to study in Australia has plunged dramatically, heightening
fears for the nation's $17 billion international education industry.
Full article:
http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/indian-student-visa-applications-fall-by-half20100106-lubt.html
Australia 'safe for overseas students'
The Sydney Morning Herald
January 05 2010
Despite a number of attacks against Indians, Australia is a safe place for international students, Deputy
Prime Minister Julia Gillard says.
Full article:
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/australia-safe-for-overseas-students-20100105lqmc.html
New course caters for international nursing students
ABC News
January 05 2010

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A group of 25 nursing students from Asian countries have begun a new three-month training course at La
Trobe University's Bendigo campus.
Full article:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/05/2785669.htm